Recently, there has been a lot of talk about race and gender on American television. One thing can certainly be said, the conversation has not been dull. Internet blogs have been in overdrive, and the conversation has managed to find its way into the halls of academia. In my “Sexual Politics Since World War II” course that I taught this semester, we have covered a number of issues as they have related to race, gender, economics, sexuality, religion and geographic region. Cold War homophobia, sexism in the civil rights movement, conservative reactions to the modern feminist movement, etc., are just a few topics my students have engaged in lively and candid discussion. More contemporary media topics such as the Trayvon Martin tragedy and perceptions of Black male sexuality have also been discussed.
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